Wheel.



G. M. BADGEIL WHEEL. I APPLIOATIJION FILED 11.23.20. 1908.

WITNESSES mwsuro'n ATTORNEYS- Patented May 25, 1909.

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WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, race.

Appiication filed Apri120, 1908.. Serial a). 428,173.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BADGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Quitman, in the county of Brooks and State of Georgia have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in spring wheels and consists in certain novel constructions. and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a wheel embodying my invention, with parts thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail View of one of the hinge connections between the. body and the tire or rim, and Fig. 4 is a-detail view illustrating the plates for securing the springs.

In carrying out the invention I employ a wheel body, which may be formed with a suitable hub A, and a rim B, and'surrounding this rim and spaced apart therefrom l provide what for convenience of reference I term a tire C, and this tire is yieldingly supported from the body of the wheel so it can o erate with a cushion action in the use of t e wheel.

rim and the tire.

To this end springs .D are ar ranged at intervals around the body of the wheel and bear between the same and the tire C. These springs D may be arranged inseries side by side as shown in Fig. 2 when a wheel having a very broad tread is employed, or the springs may be arranged in a single serice or the number of springs may be increased with very wide tired wheels.

In supportingthe springs I prefer to employ plates E and E secured respectively, n on the outer side of the rim B and the inner side of the tire O and having sockets 1;) receiving their'respective ends of the springs, and thus operating in a simple manner to retain the springs in the desired relation to the These springs support the tire yieldingly from the body of the wheel and permit the cushion action as desired.

- To preserve the wheel body and tire in the desired circumferential relation. and yet. per- 'mit the yielding of the tire in action, I provide a series of hinge connections F, between the wheel body and the tire and intermediate the springs. These hinge-connections comprise the end plates F and F which are cited, riveted or otherwise secured respectively in the outer-side of the wheel body and the inner side. of the tire, and leaves F hinged together; at one end and at their other ends to their respective base plates F and F The hinge joint between the leaves F? permits the desired yielding action between the tire and the wheel body. The rigid or inflexible leaves operate to prevent independent circular motion of the tire and wheel body thus preserving said parts in the desired relation.

A hpusing, comprising the annular plates G, is provided for protecting the operating parts between the wheel body and'the tire from mud and the like. platesG are secured at their outer edges to the tire and extend thence inwardly to a point about midway between the outer and inner edges of the rim B, and cover the space between the rim B and the tire 0 without interfering with the yielding action desired in the operation of the invention.

It will be noticed that the hinge connection between the wheel body and tire has a three joint suspension and the body of the wheel will drive the tire and the wheel will stand side motion or strain without deranging any of the connections. 1 L

In Fig. 1, I show springs H and 1 bearing between the hinge connection and, respectively, the tire U and the rim B, and operating to prevent the hinge from striking on the outer or inner tire in starting or 'backing the machine.

I claim i 1. The herein described improvement in wheels comprising a wheel body having a rim, a tire surrounding the rim and spaced apart therefrom, a three-joint suspension hinge having inflexible leaves pivoted together at one end, base'plates pivoted to the springs independent of the three joint suspension hinge for giving resilience to, the wheel,all'substantially as and for the pur-- poses set forth.

The combination of a wheel body a rim surrounding and spaced apart "therefrom, a hinge leaf hinged at one end to the rim, a hinge leaf hinged at one end to the wheel body said hinge leaves .bein inflexible, a hinge connection'between t e other ends of said cleaves at points midway ,be-

tween the wheel body and rim, coilsprings lhese housing bearing between said hinge connection of posed of inflexible leaves hinged together at the leaves and the wheel body and rim, and one end and hinged at their other ends resprings independent of the leaves and bearl speotively, to thewheel body and rim, and ing between the Wheel body and rim, subl springs bearing between the jointed ends of 5 stantially as set forth. l the leaves and the rim and wheel body, sub- 15 3. The combination With'the Wheel bodyvi stantially as set forth. and the rim; and springs bearing between GEORGE MARGELLUS BADGER... the same, ofrthree joint suspension hinges Witnesses: located between the-said springs and bef OnAsIH. BENINGTON, 10 tween the wheel body and the rim and com- GEORGE D. RAYSOR. 

